Are Eggs Actually Bad for You? - Rhonda Patrick

In this video, Rhonda covers:

(00:17) Dr. Michael Greger's claims that eggs are bad for your health
(05:17) Why you're better off limiting eating meat & eggs if you live an unhealthy lifestyle
(06:17) Eggs are a powerhouse of micronutrients
(07:10) Does the cholesterol in eggs increase blood cholesterol levels?
(07:45) What happens when people eat 1 extra 50 gram egg each day
(08:38) Do eggs increase LDL & HDL cholesterol?
(09:53) How egg consumption affects heart disease & stroke risk
(12:16) Generally speaking, are eggs bad for health?
(13:25) Do pasture-raised chickens produce higher quality eggs?

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[thomasb]

Eggs are bad for you. Bad for your emotional state when you run out of them. There are never enough eggs.

[pandats]

It's crazy when you consume alcohol and say eggs are bad for you

[SicSeb]

I eat 4 whole eggs per day. Eggs aren't the problem, eating bags of crisps, fries and candy is the problem.

[vince]

Did they have their eggs on white toast with margarine and coffee with 5 sugars and cornflakes with 10 sugars? Yes. Yes they did.

[robertrussell]

I eat at least 2-3 eggs a day, but also weight train 4-5 days a week and I am 78. We need more protein as we get older.

[georgefurman]

Hello, I've been eating 2-3 eggs everyday now since I was a child. I don't understand why you didn't mention that dietary cholesterol is estrified when it's consumed and isn't absorbed as such. I'm 69 yrs young, I eat eggs, nuts berries and sardines just about everyday. BP is 110/70, my cholesterol is and has been for over 40 yrs. 220. I do 3 mn. planks, 40 pushups, and I can outrun most 40yr olds. I have been a student of Orthomolecular medicine for 40 yrs, . Good job altogether :)

[Ahmadmzazai]

I’m 43 and turning 44 soon. Been eating 5-8 eggs daily for the past 30 years or ask long as I remember. My CAC score came 0. I feel great everytime I eat eggs.

[KevinJDildonik]

History: Those who don't know. "Eggs bad" came about at the start of the obesity epidemic. They saw eggs had cholesterol, and so did fat people, so obviously stop eating eggs right? Today we know dietary cholesterol has little effect if any, but if it has any effect, it has much less effect on the body than saturated fat. So in general. Eggs are a filling source of fairly healthy fats. 100% fine as part of a balanced diet for most people. Could you optimize your diet so hard that eggs are the weak link in your diet? Maybe. But it is a high bar. Most people need to go from a hamburger to an egg, way before they need to drop the egg.

[jjk]

When I was member of National Wrestling Team (Poland) in the late sixties they come up with a crazy idea. We ate 20 eggs a day for four weeks. Results were surprising. HDL rose dramatically, LDL didn't even move. They came to conclusion that HDL rose to block excessive LDL. Read another study done in US and results in comparison were the same. I have been eating 4-6 eggs a day all my life. At 75 now no problems whatsoever. However, I work out like a crazy five times a week since I was 15.

[HardRockMiner]

No. No, they aren't. Eggs are great. You can't walk thru life being afraid of everything somebody says is bad for you. You'll never be happy being chicken little. Go live your life! Nobody gets out of this alive. Carpe diem !!

[WILLIAMMALO-kvgz]

I have been eating about 2 to 6 eggs almost every day for the past 70 odd years. I am still here in very good health apart from recovering from a back injury and some brain damage. I wonder if it has something to do with how we are introduced to foods when young? I trust Dr. Rhonda Patrick's views on things most of the time so thanks for this informative video.

[Thurrak]

Rhonda do you still believe that LDL is "bad"? Why? The people who are diabetic and eating eggs, the eggs aren't the problem, the diabetes is the problem... the problem is the oxidation of LDL not LDL itself.

[josephmoilliet]

As a good farm boy, I eat 6 pastured eggs every day, sometimes cooked with animal fat, sometimes blended raw with whole raw grass-fed milk. Makes me feel amazing

[QuintinHowell]

Big variance is how people prepare their eggs, fried in vegetable oil will be very different to poached or boiled

[MV-nbwo]

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Emma Martina Luigia Morano is 116 years and 169 days old.
ByABC News
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As for her diet, Morano has followed the same routine for around 90 years -- three eggs per day (two raw, one cooked), fresh Italian pasta and a dish of raw meat.

[quintengeyer]

Last I checked, all cause mortality = 100% regardless of diet. Processed meats are no doubt worse than fresh meat and eggs, but given the composition of grocery stores these days, I'm pretty sure the enormous levels of disease and unwellness in our country ISN'T being cause by meat OR eggs.

[shawn]

I eat 5 pasture raised eggs every day with the orange yolk my blood work is always on point, i don't eat meat...I eat fish 2 times a week ...

[randallf.]

Everyone's body responds to food in different ways, same as sun exposure, some people tan, some people burn. Why this isn't discussed is astonishing.

[Minutes]

The day i dont eat eggs is the day i am the most stressed out and grumpiest

I followed Dr. Greger for a while and in my opinion he is very often pretty biased against everything that is not vegan/plant based nutrition.
I eat eggs daily (2 eggs) for my entire life and I always have normal/good cholesterol. And I will continue to do so until there will be a real reason to not eat them anymore.